Alice Pruvot-Fol (4 August 1873 – 28 March 1972) was a French
opisthobranch
Opisthobranchs () is now an informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping.
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malacologist
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...
.
She was the
author
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of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals. She described a new species (''Nembrotha rutilans'', Pruvot-Fol, 1931) on the basis of a painted illustration in a book by
William Saville-Kent
William Saville-Kent (10 July 1845 – 11 October 1908) was an English marine biologist and author.
Early life
Born in the town of Sidmouth in Devon, South West England on 10 July 1845, William Saville-Kent was the son of Samuel Saville Kent ( ...
(1893) entitled ''The Great Barrier Reef of Australia''. She continued working and naming new species until late in her life. Even in 1962, when she was 89 years old, she named ''Phyllidia pulitzeri''.
Species
Some of the species described by her:
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Aldisa banyulensis'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951
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Aplysiopsis formosa'' Pruvot-Fol
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Atagema gibba'' Pruvot-Fol
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Atagema rugosa'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951
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Chelidonura africana'' Pruvot-Fol
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Chromodoris kuniei'' Pruvot-Fol, 1930
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Cumanotus cuenoti
''Cumanotus cuenoti'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cumanotidae
''Cumanotus'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-larges ...
'' Pruvot-Fol, 1948
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Doriopsilla rarispinosa'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951
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Elysia babai Elysia may signify the following:
*Elysia (band)
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'' Pruvot-Fol, 1945
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Elysia mercieri'' Pruvot-Fol, 1930
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Facelina dubia'' Pruvot-Fol, 1949
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Glossodoris hikuerensis'' (Pruvot-Fol, 1954)
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Goniodoridella savignyi'' Pruvot-Fol, 1933
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Hermaea paucicirra'' Pruvot-Fol, 1953
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Hypselodoris dollfusi'' (Pruvot-Fol, 1933
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Hypselodoris fontandraui'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951.
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Laginiopsis trilobata
The Laginiopsidae are a taxonomic family of planktonic, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the suborder Gymnosomata, commonly called the 'sea angels'. These small pelagic snails lack shells (except in their early embryonic stage).
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'' Pruvot-Fol, 1922
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Marianina rosea'' (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)
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Nembrotha rutilans'' (Pruvot-Fol, 1931) is a synonym for ''
Nembrotha purpureolineata
''Nembrotha purpureolineata'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. ''Nembrotha rutilans'', classified as a separate species until 2008, has now been reclassified as ''Ne ...
'' O'Donoghue, 1924
[Pola M., Cervera J. L. & Gosliner T. M. (2008) "Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus ''Nembrotha'' (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with description of two new species". ''Scientia Marina'' 72(1): 145-183. ]
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Phyllidia bataviae'' Pruvot-Fol, 1957
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Phyllidia pulitzeri'' Pruvot-Fol, 1962
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Phyllidiopsis krempfi
''Phyllidiopsis krempfi'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Phyllidiopsis krempfi'' Pruvot-Fol, 1957.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accesse ...
'' Pruvot-Fol, 1957
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Trapania'' Pruvot-Fol, 1931
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Thecacera darwini'', Pruvot-Fol, 1950
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Thordisa filix'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951
Named in her honor
Several genera and species were named in her honor:
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Aegires pruvotfolae'' Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
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Elysia pruvotfolae'' Ernst Marcus, 1957
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Hallaxa apefae'' Marcus & Marcus, (using just the initials APF)
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Pruvotaplysia'' Engel, 1936
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Pruvotfolia'' Tardy, 1970
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Pruvotfolia pselliotes''
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Pruvotfolia longicirrha'' n.comb.
Selected works
*Pruvot, A., 1922. Sur un type nouveau et remarquable de gymnosomes (Laginiopsis n.g.). -- Compt. Rend. hebdom. Séanc. Acad. Sci, 174: 696-698.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1924. Étude de quelques gymnosomes méditerranéens des pêches de l'Orvet en 1921 et 1922. -- Arch. Zool. Exp. Gén., 62(6): 345-400, 32 figs, pls 15-16.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1925. Contributions à l'étude du genre Janthina Bolten. -- C.R. hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., 181: ....
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1926. Mollusques ptéropodes gymnosomes provenant des campagnes du *
Prince Albert 1 de Monaco. -- Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par
Albert I, Prince souverain de Monaco, publiés sous sa direction avec le concours de M. Jules Richard, Docteur ès-sciences, chargé des travaux zoologiques à bord, 70: 1-60, 3 tabs, 102 figs.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1930. Sur l'identité réelle et la valeur systématique de Micrella dubia Bgh.. -- Bull. Soc. zool. France, 55: 210-213.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1932. Note sur quelques gymnosomes de provenances diverses et diagnose d'un genre nouveau. -- Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 74 (vol. jub.): 507-529, 18 figs, pl. 3.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Les opisthobranches de
Quoy &
Gaimard
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Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
. Appendum 2. Les gymnosomes de Quoy & Gaimard. -- Arch. Mus. Nat. Hist. nat., (6)11: 81.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Note malacologique. A propos du tubercule médian du pied des gymnosomes. -- Bull. Soc. zool. France, 59(4): 291-293.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Faune et flore de la Méditerranée. Gastropoda-Opisthobranchia-Gymnosomata. -- Comm. Intern. Expl. Sc. Mer Méditerr., .....
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1936. Morphologie du pied des mollusques. Ses homologies. -- Verh. schweiz. Naturf. Gesellsch., 117: 327-328.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1938. Sur les apparences trompeuses de quelques échantillons de gymnosomes à l'état conservé. -- Journal de Conchyliologie, 82(3): 256-258, figs A-B, pl. 4.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1942. Les gymnosomes. -- Dana Rep., 4(20): 1-54, 77 figs.
*Pruvot-Fol A. (1951). "Étude des nudibranches de la Méditerranée". ''
Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale'' 88(1): 73.
*Pruvot-Fol A. (1954). "Mollusques Opisthobranches". ''Faune de France'', P. Lechevalier Paris 58: 1-460.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1954. Mollusques opisthobranches. Paris, Lechevalier: 1-457, 173 figs, 1 pl.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1960. Les organes génitaux des opisthobranches. -- Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 99(2): 135-223, 33 figs.
*Pruvot-Fol, A., 1963. Les ventouses chez les mollusques gastéropodes et plus spécialement chez les gymnosomes. -- Journal de Conchyliologie, 103(1): 3-20, 11 figs.
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pruvot-Fol, Alice
French zoologists
French malacologists
1873 births
1972 deaths